Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Wales
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Wales
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Argentina, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Welsh Language Commissioner
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
  
Similar To
Indonesian Language
  
English Language
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
British Language
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Welsh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
Helô
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
Diolch
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
Sut ydych chi?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Nos da
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
Noswaith dda
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
P'nawn da
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
Bore da
  
Please
sila
  
os gwelwch yn dda
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Hwyl
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
Dw i'n dy garu di
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
Esgusodwch fi
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Patagonian Welsh
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Argentina
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Y Wyndodeg
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Gwynedd
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Y Bowyseg
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Powys
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
7.40 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
Not Available
  
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Cymraeg
  
French Name
malais
  
gallois
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Kymrisch
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Welsh people
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Brythonic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Welsh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
cy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
cym
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
wel
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
cym
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
wels1247
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-ABA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Historical
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Fusional
  
Malaysian and Welsh Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Malaysian and Welsh greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Welsh language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Welsh word for "Thank You" is Diolch. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Welsh Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Welsh Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Welsh difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Welsh Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Malaysian and Welsh are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Welsh, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Welsh time required is 30 weeks.